On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 04:22:06PM +0200, Jasper Bal wrote:
> After nummerous advices on the list that I should upgrade, I decided to 
> try remote upgrading.

AFAIK you're running an 3.6 system, right? Did you directly go from
3.6 to 3.9?
 
> Reboot on the new kernel: This might be a tempting step to skip, but it 
> should be done now, as usually, the new kernel will run old userland 
> apps (such as the soon to be important reboot!), but often a new 
> userland will NOT work on the old kernel.

That's right.
 
> something went wrong. I issued a reboot. And when the system came back 
> up, SSH didn't recognize any of my passwords. All the services seem to 
> be running though. I even have unchrooted access through FTP. I'm in 
> wheel group but have no access as root with FTP. 

root isn't able to login via ftp. Generic.

> Any hints? Did I do something wrong? Is there a fix? Or do I have to 
> travel 400 km?

Have you got a chance to connect via a serial terminal?

Please give us further informations how you did the update.
old version, new version, source update, generic kernel etc.

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